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Cinema Production

Program Details

Award: Certificate

Credits: 30

Delivery: Land/Campus

WIA certified: YES

Emphases: N/A

About this Program

MCTC's Cinema Production Certificate integrates the language and aesthetics of cinema with film and digital video technology to support you in becoming a filmmaker. The intensive one-year core curriculum, required of all Cinema Division production students, is a hands-on introduction to the moviemaking process. Students develop professional skills in writing, camera operation, sound recording, and editing by working on numerous individual and group productions. After obtaining a Cinema Production certificate, student become eligible to pursue one of four specializations: Cinematography, Directing and Producing, Editing and Post- production, or Screenwriting, and earn an A.S. at the end of the second year. MCTC's Cinema Division fuses cutting- edge technology and affordable professional training with an outstanding liberal arts education to help you become above all a compelling visual storyteller. MCTC has an articulation agreement with Augsburg College. NOTE:, Students seeking to reenroll in coursework they have successfully completed must have the permission of the instructor. Cinema Production courses are not available for auditing.